Neck-yoke.



No. 7|4,o|3. Patentedmv. la, 1902. s. J. McnoNALn.

NECK YOKE.

(Application filed July 22, 1902.)l

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEETCE.

SAMUEL J. MCDONALD, OF GALLATIN, MISSOURI.

N ECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 714,013, datedNovember 18, 1902.

Application filed July 22, 1902.

.'o a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, SAMUEL J. MCDONALD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Gallatin, in the county of Daviess and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and Improved Neck-Yoke, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of thisinvention is to providea neck-yoke having novel simpledetails of construction which adapt it for very efficient service,enable the proper connection of the improved device with neck -yoke barsof slightly-different diameters, render the connection between the poleof a vehicle and the neck-yoke yielding in two directions, and adapt thecontact of the neck-yoke ring to avoid an injurious abrasion of thefinished surface of a vehicle-pole with which it is engaged.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafterdescribed,and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement applied upon aneck-yoke barand a carriage-pole. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional Viewsubstantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a detached rearview of the neckyoke seen in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2.

In carrying into eect the features of the invention, 4 and 5respectively represent the upper and lower portions of the two-partclipband, which whenconnected together afford a clasp for an attachmentof the neck-yoke complete upon the yoke-bar 6, that may with advantagebe rounded, as shown in Fig. l, where a central portion of the neck-yokebar is represented.

The two sections 4 5 are concaved on their inner surfaces to facilitatetheir clamping engagement with the neck-yoke bar 6, and to effect suchan engagement the sections 4 5 are respectively provided with ears 4fL5a, that project from their rear edges at their centers, said ears beingoppositely perforated for the reception of a clamping-bolt 7, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, said bolt being provided with a Serial No. 116,508.(No model.)

nut 7a. At the forward edges of the clip-band sections 4 5 two iianges4b 5b are forwardly extended, these similar flanges, which are ofgreater area than that of the ears 4a 5u, having central perforations atherein, through which a bolt 8, having a head 8b, is inserted andadapted for clamping adjustment by the engagement therewith of a nut 8,so as to secure the two-part clip-band upon the neckyoke bar and alsoclamp said band upon other parts, as will be explained.

The pole 9 may be the tongue of a carriage or other vehicle whereupon anappliance of that kind is employed, the body of the pole being roundedand tapered somewhat toward the free end, as usual. Upon the pole 9 acoupling-ring lO is loosely mounted, and from the body of said ring aflange l0 projects at one end thereof, said flange being preferablyshaped to simulate a horseshoe, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. Theopening in the coupling-ring l0 is elongated in an upward direction topermit it to have rocking movement on the pole, and upon the normalupper side of the ring 10 a pad 10b is formed that trends upward andrearward beyond the flange 10a, so that this rearwardly-extended endportion of the pad 10b may be introduced between the fianges 4b 5b, thepad having a perforation that registers with the perforations a, in saidflanges when these parts of the neckyoke are assembled.

An essential feature of the improvement consists in the provision of thepreferably leather cushion-washer 11, that is oblong in form, hassufficient thickness to render it effective in service, and isapertured, as at b, nearly circularly to adapt it to pass over the bod-yof the pole 9, whereon it ts closely. The upper portion 11a of thecushion-washer l1 is bent rearward and upward, so that it may beinserted between the pad 10b and the flange 5b, forming the lowersection 5 of the two-part clip-band, the bolt 8 passing upwardlytherethrough.

An integral tongue 11b is formed on the upper portion 11 of thecushion-washer 11, so as to become a portion of the upper edge of theaperture b, and to adapt it for proper engagement with the pole 9 saidtongue is bent forwardly, the forward portion thereof being held securedupon a corresponding por- ICO tion of the pad 10b by a screw-bolt 12 andnut 12a thereon, so that the tongue will bear upon the upper surface ofthe pole. The perforation in the ange 5b is preferably formed angularly,and the body of the bolt 8 near its head 8b is correspondingly shaped tofit therein, so that the nut 8L may be adjusted to bear upon the uppersurface of the flange 4b with a pressure that will prevent a too-freerocking movement of the clip-band upon the pad 10b when the device is inservice.

Preferably a socketed ferrule 9'1 is fitted and secured upon the tip endof the pole 9, said ferrule being furnished with an inclinedabutment-flange 9b, the ferrule being a wellknown provision forreinforcing and protecting the free end of a carriage-pole.

A clamping-plate 13 is provided to coact with the peripheral liange 10on the couplingrng 10, said plate having a horseshoe form thatcorresponds with that of the flange 10'. The clamping-plate 13 isadjustably held upon the fiange 10 by screw-bolts 14 and nuts 14thereon, and, as shown in Fig. 2, the clamping-plate 13 is drawnforcibly against the cushion-washer 11 by said bolts and nuts, whicharrangement of parts disposes the washer between the flange 10 and plate13, so that the edge of the opening in the cushion-washer will closelyembrace the .ferrule 12 when the plate 13 is engaged with the inclinedabutment-flange 12a and receives support therefrom, as indicated in Fig.2.

It will be seen that the provision of the twopart clip-band formed ofthe concaved pieces 4 5, held together by the ears 4 5u thereon, engagedby the bolt 7, and the forwardly-extended flanges 4b 5, that embrace thepad 10b and the upper portion 11 of the cushionwasher 11 and are heldclamped thereon by The bolt 8 and nut 8, adapts said band to receivegraduated compression upon a neckyoke bar 6, so that the band will notslip on the bar and yet a lateral rocking movement of the latter will bepermitted.

lt will be observed in Figs. 1 and 3 that the parts 4 5 of the clip-bandare strengthened by exterior ribs o, that are integrally formed thereonnear their transverse centers, and that the flattened extensions of theribs are formed on the flanges 4b 5b, serving as Washers for the nuts onthe clamping-bolts 7 8.

As the cushion-washer 11 is slightly yielding it will be evident thatits close engagement with the socketed ferrule 12 will prevent theneck-yoke from rattling on the poletip and yet permit it to have rockingand sliding movement thereon sufficient to aord the necessary freedom inoperation, and as the cushion-washer is preferably of leather no injuryto the pole will result from such movements.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. Aneck-yoke,comprisingacoupling-ring adapted toslide and rock freely on a vehiclepole, and having a pad projected fromits upper side over one end, a cushion-washer of slightly-pliablematerial held on the couplingring at one end thereof said Washer ttingclosely upon the pole, and having an integral tongue engaged by the pad,and a clip-band for a neck-yoke bar secured on the pad projection so asto rock with the coupling-ring and press the tongue of the washer uponthe vehicle-pole.

2. A neck-yoke, comprisingacoupling-ring formed with a peripheral flangeat one end disposed at an angle to the bore of the ring, saidcoupling-ring being adapted to slide on a vehicle-pole, a clamping-plateheld adjustably on the peripheral iange oppositely from the body of thering, a slightly-yieldingcushion-washer clamped between the plate andliange, having an aperture the defining edge of which bears closely uponthe pole, a tongue formed in said apertures, a pad on the upper side ofthe coupling-ring extended from one edge, the tongue engaging the innerside of said pad, and a clip-band clamped on the pad.

3. A neck-yoke comprising a two-part clipband having ears at like edgesof said parts and ianges at opposite edges thereof, a bolt connectingthe ears and a bolt connecting the danges, said bolts and nuts thereonserving to hold the clip-band clasped upon a neckyoke bar, acoupling-ring loosely mounted upon a Vehicle-pole and formed with aperipheral flange at one end, a pad projected upward and rearward fromsaid liange, a clamping-plate, and an apertured cushion-Washer ofslightly-yielding material clamped between the flange and plate, saidwasher having a tongue bearing upon a vehicle-pole which occupies theaperture in the cushion-washer, an upper portion of said washer beingheld between the flanges of the clip-band together with the pad of thecoupling-ring, by the nut and bolt that clamp these flanges toward eachother.

4. In a device of the character described, a coupling-ring comprising aband having an oblong opening, a peripheral ange on one end of the ring,a clamping-plate mating the fiange, a cushion-washer formed of leatherand apertured to fit closely upon a vehiclepole, said washer having atongue that'bears upon the upper side of the pole when the Washer ismounted thereon, and means for clamping the cushion-washer upon theperipheral flange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL J. MCDONALD.

Witnesses:

J. P. O. GIvENs,

J. T. ALLEN.

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